OBJECTIVES To determine whether adolescents with type 1 diabetes are more at risk for learned helplessness than their healthy peers. METHODS Twenty-three adolescents with diabetes and 25 controls completed a solvable or unsolvable concept formation task. All completed pre- and post-task performance and attribution ratings, and later completed an anagram-solving task to determine if perceived ...

background and objectives: studies of the relationship between personal qualities and job consequences usually find poor and inconsistent correlations. it is suggested that the reason may lie in ignorance of some modifying factors mediating such relationship. the perceived control has attracted much attention as a candidate factor. this study aimed to examine the mediating role of the perceived...

BACKGROUND Research has shown that robberies in the workplace, in particular those in the bank sector are traumatising events for many employees. However, research in the acute sequelae of bank robberies is limited. OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN The present study explores the prevalence and predictors of acute stress disorder (ASD) in a questionnaire survey of bank employees following a bank robbery. ...

This survey was performed to determine the relationship between the adherence to hypertension drug treatment and the perception of stress, depression, hypertension, and myocardial infarction. 300 patients with uncomplicated hyperten- sion from Rijeka, Croatia, were included (131 women, 169 men, mean age 53.5 years). Adherence to hypertension drug treatment as criterion, and the perception of st...

Survey data from a representative sample of 1005 households in the UK coastal city of Portsmouth are examined to discern commonalities and contrasts in their assessment of actions to address the related environmental threats of climate change and flooding. The city of Portsmouth is at risk of inundation from rising sea levels and the city has recent experience of flooding. A simple local and gl...

This research was conducted to examine the mediating effect of perceived social support between perceived stress and job satisfaction among employees. A conveniently selected sample of 280 employees provided the information on Perceived Social Support Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, and Job Satisfaction Survey. Employing Regression analyses, findings revealed the significant negative effect of p...

background: there is long-term interest in the effects of stress on health, due to the strain that it places on individuals which can lead to an increased risk of disease. the present study examined degree of perceived job stress related to incidents reporting rate and its dimensions among workers' isfahan steel company. methods: a self-administered anonymous was distributed to 189 workers. the...

WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERCEIVED JOB STRESS, JOB SATISFACTION, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF CRITICAL CARE NURSES? By Barbara L . Hooper House's Stress Paradigm provided the theoretical framework for this study which examined the relationship between job satisfaction and job stress, and the correlation of job stress with the experience of psychological symptoms in a sample of 32 criti...